Archives: 2008 | 2006

December 2007

• Bush again vetoes CHIP measure (Salt Lake Tribune 12/13/07)
• Veto of CHIP disappoints advocates (Deseret News 12/13/07)
• Health care: you can't give it away (Salt Lake Tribune 12/12/07)
  
• UHPP Awaits Decision on Robert Wood Johnson Grant (KCPW 12/12/07)
• Utah's Bennett plugs bipartisan bill to handle insurance woes (Salt Lake Tribune 12/2/07)

November 2007

• Health care reform push on (Ogden Stanard-Examiner 11/17/07)
• State helps working poor buy coverage (Salt Lake Tribune 11/10/07)
• Sickened by the cost (Salt Lake Tribune 11/10/07)
• Business owners talk over health-care reform (Deseret News 11/8/07)
• Health Forum (Daily Herald 11/8/07)
• Utahns Invited to Discuss Health System Reforms (BYU Newsnet 11/6/07)
• Health-care meeting set (Deseret News 11/6/07)
• Health care: What if we treat people like cars? (Salt Lake Tribune 11/4/07)
  

October 2007

• Employer insurance falling fast (Deseret News 10/31/07)
• Health-care industry divided (Deseret News 10/26/07)
• House again passes health bill for kids (Deseret /News 10/25/07)
• The cost of health insurance (Utah Now--10/5/07)
  
• CHIP veto part of larger health care battle (Salt Lake Tribune 10/5/07)
• CHIP veto riles advocates (Deseret News 10/3/07)

September 2007

• United Way's health care draft could prove a tough sale (Salt Lake Tribune 9/25/07)
• Fewer Utah physicians accepting Medicaid (Salt Lake Tribune 9/15/07)

August 2007

• Poverty down in the US; Utah flat (Salt Lake Tribune 8/29/07)
• Number of uninsured children in Utah increases (Deseret News 8/28/07)
  
• Group to promote health-care reform (Deseret News 8/24/07)
• Governor's Office outlines a plan that would simplify health insurance (Salt Lake Tribune 8/11/07)
• Leavitt gets CHIP off his shoulder (Salt Lake Tribune 8/2/07)

July 2007

• Down to Business (Salt Lake City Weekly 7/12/07)
• After hiatus, state handing out kids' health insurance (Salt Lake Tribune 7/3/07)
• 'Sicko' solution for health care crisis not a good fit for Utah (Salt Lake Tribune 7/3/07)

June 2007

• What are the barriers to health care? (Utah Now, KUED TV 6/29/07)
• Public-private health care system would work for Utah (Salt Lake Tribune 6/16/07)

May 2007

• Plan to insure Utahns praised (Salt Lake Tribune 5/17/07)
• Feds May Chip In $354M for CHIP (Deseret News 5/16/07)
• Congress Weighs CHIP Boost (Salt Lake Tribune 5/16/07)
• CHIP Reauthorization Could Benefit Utah (KCPW 5/15/07)
• Utah's Health Insurance Blues (Standard-Examiner 5/13/07)
• Bennett Wants Health Care for All (KCPW 5/3/07)

April 2007

• Plan May Fix Health Care Crisis (Standard-Examiner 4/28/07)
• Utah Groups Rally Behind 'Bold' Health Initiative (Deseret News 4/28/07)
• Proposal Shoots For the Moon (Salt Lake Tribune 4/28/07)
• Single Risk Pool Key to Universal Health Care (KCPW 4/25/07)
• Covering the Uninsured with Sustainable Financing. Dr. Joe Jarvis and Lincoln Nehring of the Utah Health Policy Project explain the potential of a Utah Health Cooperativ e (KCPW 4/25/07)
• Lagging Children's Health Insurance Program Funding Leaves Uninsured Families in Lurch (Salt Lake Tribune 4/23/07)
• Care for Kids Utah Must Get its Uninsured Children Covered (Salt Lake Tribune 4/16/07)
• Utah's Health Premiums rise 5.6% (Salt Lake Tribune- 4/18/07)
• Children Who Lack Uninsurance Up 26% (Salt Lake Tribune 4/17/07)
• UHPP Says Uninsured Numbers are Higher than Estimated (KCPW 4/11/07)
• More Kids Lack Health Coverage (Salt Lake Tribune 4/11/07)

March 2007

• Building a Better Health Care System (Salt Lake Tribune 3/19/07)
• Task Force Fatigue Kills Hopes for Lawmaker Study of Small Business Health Care Needs (KCPW News 3/1/07)

February 2007

• UHPP and local NAACP leaders talk about state of Health Care (KCPW - 2/28/07)
• Andrew Riggle, Medicaid Policy Director for the Utah Health Policy Project weighs in on new state revenue surplus projections . (KCPW 2/1/07)
• No Insurance a Crime? Pitch Goes Nowhere (Salt Lake Tribune 2/8/07)
• Health and Human Services Panel Backs One Health-care Measure, Dumps Another (Deseret News 2/7/07)
• UHPP & Bayou Owner Interview on Rising Cost of Health Coverage (KCPW - 2/5/07)
• Bills Target Rising Cost of Health Care (Deseret News 2/2/07)

January 2007

• Plan Aims to Help Uninsured (Deseret News (1/19/07)
• Editorial: Adopt Preferred Drug List for Medicaid (Provo Daily Herald 1/17/07)
• Medicaid Cap Alternative Offered (Salt Lake Tribune 1/15/07)
• Medicaid Likely to be a Hot Topic for Utah Lawmakers (KSL Radio 1/12/07)
• Medicaid Recipients Ask for Money from State Surplus (ABC4 1/12/07)
• Advocates Offer Alternatives to Medicaid Spending Cap (KCPW 1/15/07)